A portable fluorometric spectral analyzer for rapid field or shipboard diagnosis of Campylobacter enteritis and Shigella dysentery Is proposed for Phase I feasibility demonstration. All living cell ...

Operation of cooling tower and boiler systems requires frequent monitoring of water chemistry parameters to obtain the necessary information for adjustments to the water treatment program. Failure to ...

A reflectiver near infrared (NIR spectrometer is proposed for the noninvasive measurement of surface and deep tissue pH. Previous experimental studies have demonstrated on a preliminary basis the abi ...

Control of recirculated water in aquaculture systems will require the monitoring of several important parameters to assure the absence of toxic conditions and verify the effectiveness of treatment pro ...

A program for the research/development of a reflective, near infrared glucose analyzer isproposed. The design approach allows for an optical computing approach to signal processing andpattern recognit ...

This proposal represents a joint small business/university development effort to investigate the problem of plant health monitoring and to evolve a preliminary design of a spectral imaging system. Bio ...

Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) devices have shown some promise as specific gas detector/analyzers for a number of applications. These sensors operate as dual oscillators in which one SAW is coated with a ...

Site characterization to detect subsurface contamination is of a enormous interest for both public and private applications. Biotronics is proposing to adapt an arc excitation spectrometry technology ...